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Pimlico, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Spine faded, light shelfwear, else a Very Good copy; spine in not creased, and text is clean.

Hippocrene Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (central asia, russia, exploration, history) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York 1877 Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 403pp., green cloth with black and gilt lettering and picture of building. Lacks 3 maps. Owner signed. Good. .

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, 1900. Sixteenth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xvii 429pp [1]. Bound into full red leather, gilt spine design, spine label. Marble foredges and endpapers. Originally published in 1876, no date on title or copyright page of this edition, this edition ~crica 1900. Scuffing to edges of boards. Previous owner's name, fairly large and in purple ink on blank endpaper and title page.

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New York:: Harper & Brothers,, no date (19th c.). publisher's rust cloth decorated in gold and black.. 19th c. ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; slight use to cloth; clean, tight and sound.. 8vo,. Frontispiece portrait; all three maps present in pockets. .

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 8vo, pp. 403, [1], 4; 3 folded maps in pockets on front and rear pastedowns; original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown glazed endpapers; cloth mottled from damp, edges rubbed, maps show splitting along folds, edges rather ragged; some damage to front pastedown from previously removed bookplate; textblock uniformly toned, else fine. See Yakushi B631a for the first (London, 1876) edition.

New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d., 1880. 8vo, pp. 403, [1], 4; 3 folded maps in cover pockets, original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown glazed endpapers; spine a bit spotted else very good. Maps show minor splitting along folds. See Yakushi B631a for the first (London, 1876) edition.

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New York: White Lotus Press, 1885. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.63. Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia, A

A Ride To Khiva: Travels And Adventures In Central Asia by Fred Burnabyfirst editionhardcoverPublisher:Harper & Brothers, 1877Condition: Good - general wear, rubbing to the covers and spine, maps in the pockets are missing

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good-. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to extremities and with light fraying to spine ends. Light bumping to two corners. Hinges have a bit of play. 2 maps in front pocket are worn and torn along folds. Large map in rear pocket with some closed tears. ; This is the adventurous journey of Captain Burnaby and Englishman who went on horseback with the support of only a couple of servants through Russia to the city of Khiva (nowadays Uzbekistan). It was winter and the conditions were rough and life threatening. In addition a war was starting. The Captain was one of the first westerners to be able to cross Turkestan as previous travelers have been stopped before. The Russians asked about his business and thought that Burnaby was sent by the English Government. This book is embellished by a large fold-out map in rear pocket of Turkestan. The front pocket contains two small maps: Map of the Imperial Border of russia with… Read More

HARPER & BROTHERS, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Green cloth. Front folding map. 487 p. : 2 fold. maps in pockets. ; 20 cm. 3 lovely colored maps. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. Provenance: from the library Frederic & Diana Watkyn-Thomas, with book plate. Ships daily.

London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., n.d.. Early popular edition. Small 4to, three-quarter contemporary brown calf stamped with floral border in blind over feathered boards, spine in compartments separated by gilt rule and tooling, red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt. 398, including appendix. A handsome and sturdy copy, internally quite fresh and clean. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK OF CENTRAL ASIAN TRAVEL. Burnaby’s famous journey on horseback from St. Petersburg to Khiva during the winter of 1875-1876 in what is now Uzbekistan, which had just lately been closed to travellers. While the author calls this a travelogue of his journeys through Russia, he was primarily concerned with Russia’s expansion through Central Asia. Khiva had been taken over by the Russian army 5 years earlier, who had since steadily continued their encroachment towards India. Burnaby devotes an appendix and much discussion in this book to the fears of the residents over the Russian invasions… Read More